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A report into how headteacher Neil Foden was able to sexually abuse girls for years has been published this afternoon. The disgraced headteacher - who was head at Ysgol Friars, Bangor, and the strategic head at Ysgol Dyffryn Nantlle - was jailed in 2024 for 17 years after being convicted of 19 charges involving four girls. This followed a month long trial and the 68-year-old from Old Colwyn was described as "depraved", "arrogant" and a "bully" by the trial judge when he was sentenced in July 2024. Following his imprisonment a Child Practice Review into Foden's crimes was commissioned by the North Wales Safeguarding Board. Led by an independent Chair, Jan Pickles, and two reviewers, the report aims to address failings and identify steps that can be taken by Safeguarding Board partners such as the police, local authorities, health or other bodies, to achieve improvements in multi-agency child protection practice. The report was due to be released last month but this was postponed at the last minute. It is now due to be published at 3pm today. This is a live news story. We will bring you all the latest as we get it via the blog below. Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you. If you have some information you can contact us by following our Twitter feed @northwaleslive - the official North Wales Live account - real news in real time. Or like facebook.com/northwaleslive/ - your must-see news, features, videos and pictures throughout the day from the North Wales Live. Don't forget you can also keep up to date with the latest via the free North Wales Live app. Download it for Apple devices here and Android devices here. North Wales Live has launched a WhatsApp community group where you can get the latest stories delivered straight to your phone
